Hebrews 7:21

Easy To Read Version

But Christ became a priest with God’s vow. God said to him:

Cross References

Psalm 110:4

The Lord made a promise,\par and he will not change his mind.\par “You are a priest forever—\par the kind of priest Melchizedek was.”\par

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man; he will not lie. God is not a human being; his decisions will not change. If the Lord says he will do something, then he will do it. If the Lord makes a promise, then he will do the thing he promised.

Romans 11:29

God never changes his mind about the people he calls and the things he gives them. And God never takes back his call to the people.

Hebrews 5:6

And in another part \{of the Scriptures {\cf2\super [40]} \} God says,

Hebrews 7:17

\{The Scriptures {\cf2\super [69]} \} say this about him: “You are a priest forever—the kind of priest Melchizedek was.” {\cf2\super [70]}

Hebrews 7:20

Also, it is important that God made a vow (promise) when he made Jesus high priest. {\cf2\super [71]} When those other men became priests, there was no vow.

Hebrews 7:23

Also, when one of those other priests died, he could not continue being a priest. So there were many of those priests.

Hebrews 7:28

The law chooses high priests who are people and have the same weaknesses as people. But God made a promise that came after the law. God spoke those words with a vow (promise), and those words made the Son of God to be the high priest. And that Son has been made perfect forever.

1 Samuel 15:29

The Lord is the God of Israel. The Lord lives forever. The Lord does not lie or change his mind. The Lord is not like a man who changes his mind.”